Carrier won’t pass up chance to make more money

From reading recent news reports, it appears that Carrier’s stated reason for moving to Mexico — too many federal regulations — probably isn’t true. Asked to cite the regulation(s), Carrier has been mum.

Couple that with the fact that they have been given a $5.1 million taxpayer funded federal tax credits and $530,000 in economic development incentives from the state of Indiana, one can easily understand the anger over the loss of jobs to Mexico.

This is what “capitalism” has become in this country. A company with an annual revenue of $56 billion, which includes $7.2 billion in profits, just can’t pass up the chance to make more money. As Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy once asked on the Senate floor in a debate about raising the minimum wage:

“What is the price, we ask the other side? What is the price that you want from these working men and women? What cost? How much more do we have to give to the private sector and to business? How many billion dollars more, are you asking, are you requiring?

“When does the greed stop, we ask the other side? That’s the question and that’s the issue.”